May I ask you something?" I say. "Why do you read books, when you could be outside, living a million different adventures every day?" "Because you can always count on a book to stay the same. EVerything else changes when you least expect it," she replies, bitter. "Families split apart, and nothing's forever. In books, you always know what's coming next. There are no surprises.

I pointed to the wound. "It's missing," I said. My grandmother smiled, and that was all it took for me to stop seeing the scar, and to recognize her again. "Yes," she said. "But see how much of me is left?

The problem was , you never heard anyone say,"wow, check out the brain on that babe.

You saved me," I said. Nathaniel put his hands on either side of my face. "I had to," he said. "So you could save me back.

Often, when the last page is turned, it will haunt you.

A man should live his life a certain way not because of some divine authority, but because of a personal moral obligation to himself and others.

Maybe Fate isn't the pond you swim in but the fisherman floating on top of it, letting you run the line wild until you are weary enough to be reeled back in.